Plowing the roads is only part of what Department of Public Works crews have to do to clear snow.

Plowing the roads is only part of what Department of Public Works crews have to do to clear snow.

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Updated: 7:30 PM CST Dec 23, 2013

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WEBVTT MILWAUKEE SAYS IT'S FOUR-INCH RULE HAS EXPIRED. MEANTIME, THE CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY TO GET RID OF THE OLD SNOW BEFORE THE NEW SNOW FALLS. WISN 12 NEWS' MIKE ANDERSON IS LIVE WITH A LOOK AT WHERE IT ALL GOES ONCE IT'S SCOOPED UP. THE CITY DUMPS IT'S SNOW HERE ON THE SITE OF THE OLD TOWER AUTOMOTIVE NEAR 35TH AND CAPITOL. AND FROM WHAT WAS COLLECTED OVER THE WEEKEND, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY LONG HAUL. FRONT END LOADER:" ....." ONCE THE STREETS WERE ALL PLOWED CLEAR THE CITY BEGAN THE CLEAN UP AFTER THE CLEAN UP. SCOOPING UP PILES OF SNOW THAT HAD BEEN PUSHED TO THE CURBS. WANDA BOOKER, DPW:"THERE'S ALWAYS A CLEAN UP EFFORT THAT I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY STILL CLEANING UP THE SNOW AFTER THE SNOW STOPS FALLING." SNOW DROP;"....." THEY LOAD IT ONTO DUMP TRUCKS AND HAUL IT OFF TO DUMPS SITES ON MILWAUKEE'S NORTH SIDE. THERE WERE MORE THAN 200 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ON THE ROADS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY AND DURING THE DAY MONDAY IT WAS JUST OVER A HUNDRED. MUCH OF IT DOING THIS KIND OF STUFF. ONE DPW DRIVER TELLS 12 NEWS HE'S BEEN WORKING SINCE 6PM SUNDAY. WANDA BOOKER:"BASICALLY THE SAME CREWS THAT PICK UP YOUR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY DO THE SNOW PLOWING AND ACTUALLY DO THE SALTING OF THE STREETS SO THEY'VE BEEN AT IT ROUND THE CLOCK FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW." THE SNOW WILL SIT HERE AT THE OLD TOWER YARD UNTIL IT MELTS IN THE SPRING. LET'S HOPE THEY DON'T RUN OUT OF SPACE. LIVE NEAR 35TH AND CAPITOL, MIKE ANDERSON WISN 12 NEWS.

Once plowing is done, DPW crews start on moving snow

Plowing the roads is only part of what Department of Public Works crews have to do to clear snow.